FACT CHECK: Did martyred Maj Adnan Aslam’s father chant ‘Imran Khan Zindabad’?

By Muhammad MubashirPublished On 12 Sep 2025

Two days after the funeral of martyred Major Adnan Aslam, a viral video from the ceremony has been shared with the claim that it shows his father chanting incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan’s name.

Major Adnan succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday after being critically injured while protecting a fallen comrade from gunfire during an operation in Bannu on Sept 2. Drone footage of the encounter had also gone viral over the internet, highlighting Major Adnan’s bravery and commitment, drawing praise from all quarters.

With visuals from his funeral taking over the internet by storm, it was claimed that one of the videos showed his father chanting ‘Imran Khan Zindabad’. It was first shared on X by a user named ‘ZEShan’, who has more than 63,000 followers. “Breaking News. The father of martyred Major Adnan Aslam also raised the slogan of Long Live Imran Khan [sic],” he wrote.

By the filing of this report, the post had garnered 175,000 views and had been retweeted over 4,900 times.

As thousands of other social media users share the video with the same caption here, here, here and here, The Current conducted a thorough investigation, concluding that the claim was false.

The video actually showed Maj Adnan’s father chanting “Adnan [Aslam] Khan Zindabad” along with other slogans, including Naraa-e-Takbeer and Pakistan Zindabad.

The misleading caption resulted in the creation of an auditory illusion, which is a false perception of sound where the brain misinterprets it due to conflicting information.